BRONZEVILLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes BRONZEVILLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RALPH HOLLMON, CHAIR Rhonda Manuel, Vice-Chair Jayme Montgomery Baker, Radolph Matthews, and Fidel Verdin Staff Assistant, Chris Lee, 286-2232, Fax: 286-3456, clee@milwaukee.gov Legislative Liaison, Jeffrey Osterman, 286-2262, joster@milwaukee.gov Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:00 AM Room 301-C, 3rd Floor, City Hall Meeting convened at 9:13 a.m. Present 4 - Manuel, Hollmon, Montgomery Baker and Matthews Absent 1 - Verdin Individuals also present: Genyne Edwards, WOO Connections Deshea Agee, Department of City Development Paul Bachowski, Haylard Park resident and property owner Steve Adams, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission India McMiller, 6th Aldermanic District Office 1. Call to Order. 2. Roll Call. 3. Review and Approval of the Previous Minutes of March 28, 2013. Mr. Matthews moved approval of the minutes of March 28, 2013. There were no objections. 4. Results and Discussions from the Bronzeville Planning Meeting. Ms. Edwards gave an overview on the planning session of April 19, 2013. The purposes of the meeting were to discuss everything that has happened since the Bronzeville Tax Incremental District (TID) became effective and to look at opportunities moving forward. Those in attendance were able to share their thoughts and reasons for being engaged. Twelve people attended the session with three members from the Bronzeville Advisory Committee. She, Alderwoman Milele Coggs, and members from the Department of City Development (DCD) were also involved in the session. The session was diverse with representatives from youth service organizations, cultural arts, and young professional groups. There were City of Milwaukee Page 1 BRONZEVILLE ADVISORY Meeting Minutes April 24, 2013 COMMITTEE conversations regarding key informant themes, future success for the district, business development, funding stability, and other individuals who should be involved. There will be further outreach done to invite additional diversity and participation from members from the business development community, financial community, the local Business Improvement District, Chamber of Commerce, anchor institutions, and other nonprofit organizations. These additional participants will be given notes from the first session and RFP information. A second planning session will be planned for the end of May 2013 that will aim at moving into more of a strategic planning phase. All of the first session participants have committed to the second session. Overall, the first planning session was exciting and reaffirming. A full report will be brought back to the Committee potentially in June 2013 regarding both planning sessions and an overall plan for moving forward. Mr. Hollmon inquired who from the Committee attended the first planning session? Ms. Edwards said four members attended the session contrary to her mention of three members. Ms. Montgomery Baker questioned how the second planning session lines up with the overall timeframe of the planning process? Ms. Edwards replied that the end of July 2013 is the scheduled end of the planning timeline. The planning process is on schedule. The goal will be to move into a more focused planning process through June and July 2013. Mr. Matthews and Ms. Manuel both said that the first planning session had a good vibe and was motivating due to the participants who were present. Mr. Agee said that the session was one of the most productive meetings that he has participated in. It was more of an informational gathering session that did not require him to make a presentation. Mr. Hollmon said that there will still be an ongoing challenge to inform people in the community who do not know what is happening. Another effort to inform people may be to put something in writing in the community newspaper. 5. Discussion of the Models and Activities of Other Cities. Mr. Hollmon said that this item should be deferred to the next meeting to allow Ms. Manuel the opportunity to collect data and information. 6. Update on 7th West North Avenue RFP. Mr. Agee said that the attorneys for Clear Channel have not communicated well with the City Attorney’s Office and that there is little movement on the negotiations . The RFP does not have that piece of land where a Clear Channel billboard is located . The RFP will move forward once there is a resolution to relocate the billboard and make the land part of the RFP. Mr. Hollmon said that people must realize that each project takes time, involves negotiations, and has its own unique complications. He added that this item should remain as an agenda item going forward so that the Committee will not lose sight of it. Mr. Bachowski inquired as to the status of the Terry Porter project ? City of Milwaukee Page 2 BRONZEVILLE ADVISORY Meeting Minutes April 24, 2013 COMMITTEE Mr. Agee responded that the company for the Terry Porter project had dissolved itself. 7. Items for the Next Meeting Agenda. Mr. Hollmon said that items 5 and 6 on today’s meeting agenda should remain as agenda items for the next meeting. Mr. Adams inquired as to the status of the Bronzeville Tax Incremental Finance (TIF) program? He was concerned that the TIF may potentially adjust to things beyond its original intent if it was performing well. Mr. Agee replied that the DCD website has a yearly report showing the performance status for all TIFs. The Bronzeville TIF is stable and neither at a loss or performing great. Mr. Bachowski brought to the Committee a Bronzeville banner sign that he had found that was blown down. He said that there was another banner sign at risk of being blown down. Mr. Hollmon said that he has also seen smaller banners on North Avenue at risk of being blown down due to the weather. He added that DCD should ask the Department of Public Works (DPW) to survey the area regarding the banners and signs. Mr. Bachowski commented that a future planning session would include a representative from the Haylard Park subdivision. He further inquired about a public notice of the first planning session due to the attendance of more than three members of the Committee? Mr. Hollmon said that the Committee has discussed the open meetings law, public noticing, and the presence of a quorum of members in outside gatherings previously. Even if not required technically, a public notice should be posted for such gatherings with four or more members of the Committee going forward to alleviate any questions or discussion. At the last meeting, three members indicated their attendance for the first planning session with Mr. Hollmon deferring his participation. Ms. Manuel said that she was present at the first planning session not as a Committee member but in another capacity. Ms. Manuel and Ms. Montgomery Baker both asked if there were any documents for members as a reference concerning the open meetings law? Mr. Lee commented that the Committee did have a discussion with an assistant city attorney regarding the opening meetings law at a previous meeting. That discussion is reflected in that set of meeting minutes, and those minutes can be resent to members for review. The clerk’s office should be made aware of any future events concerning a quorum of members in attendance in order to do a public notice going forward. Ms. Edwards said that she believed a Haylard Park representative was invited to participate in the key informant interviews and first planning session, but she will have to check her records to confirm. City of Milwaukee Page 3 BRONZEVILLE ADVISORY Meeting Minutes April 24, 2013 COMMITTEE Mr. Bachowski mentioned the proposal of a liquor license transfer of a bar to 642 W. Garfield Ave., previously known as “Misters.” The application was made by Melissa Frechette to transfer her “Port of Milwaukee” bar to the location from the 3800 block of Port Washington Rd. The Licenses Committee held her application at its meeting last Tuesday at the request of Ald. Milele Coggs to allow more time for the applicant to meet with residents. There was an emergency meeting the night before the licensing hearing with the applicant, in which the majority of residents were opposed. The resident association that met opposed her application due to her and her current location’s police violations, lack of her attendance for a regular neighborhood association meeting, her plan for a high ratio of four security personnel to a capacity of fifty persons, concentration of other bars in the area, and the potential to exacerbate current issues detrimental to the neighborhood. Another association meeting has been set to meet with the applicant next Wednesday . Mr. Agee questioned what businesses would the Haylard Park Association like to see at 642 W. Garfield Avenue? Mr. Bachowski said that the association would like to see a nonalcoholic use at the location, such as a coffee shop or bakery. Mr. Hollmon said that the lack of communication and meeting between the applicant and the residents are major impediments towards the license transfer application. He added that members should contact the applicant if they know her to tell her to reach out to the neighborhood association. 8. Set Next Meeting Date and Time. May 29 or 30, 2013 based on the availability of the majority of members. 9. Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 9:58 a.m. Chris Lee, Staff Assistant City of Milwaukee Page 4